The Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye, has died at the age of 64 after a brief illness, at a tertiary health facility in Ekiti State.
Justice Adeyeye was appointed Chief Judge on October 11, 2021, by former Governor Kayode Fayemi.
The Chief Judge was born in 1960 in Araromi Ugbesi in Ekiti East Local Government of Ekiti State and called to bar in 1986.
He started his career as a State counsel in the Civil service of the old Ondo State before joining the Ekiti State Judiciary Service Commission shortly after the creation of the State in 1996.
He got elevated to the position of a judge in the Ekiti State High Court in 2002 and has served at different times in the election petition tribunals.
